GS211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: De Jure, Marshall Plan, World Health Organization
Document Summary
League of nation is precursor of united nations b/c of truman the idea of underdevelopment comes into play: elements of french colonial history & doctrines. It limits free trade and creates a monopoly. Two main positions regarding colonialism; one is that it is not good b/c it means less free trade, diff colonial lands creating monopolies (critique), second is people against slavery b/c colonialism perpetuates slavery. 1880: change of opinion: france needs to acquire colonies if it wants to keep its place among the powerful european nations. Competition to grab land between french and brits. Groups of people who argue for colonies cause if we don"t we"ll become weaker. Change of opinion: question of national interest, colonial expansion wasn"t accepted everyone. Liberal economists: against colonial protectionism, too expensive to acquire (war) and administer. Free traders, against monopoly: nationalists: recapture alsace-loraine taken by the germans in 1871 franco- French took it back after wwi treaty of versailles in 1919.
